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Day of Action: Nyack puts jingle in Monday morning blues

In music, there is a genre called “the blues.” Then there’s a genre called Christmas — or holiday — music. In Nyack, they overlapped Monday morning when music teacher and TA Vice President Barbara Anderson had singers in every school building belting out songs for A Day of Action. The national day, which people are marking by wearing blue, calls for more funding for public schools; a three-year moratorium on high-stakes decisions based on state tests; and a focus on teaching and learning, not testing.

Students, parents, teachers, staff, PTA, school board, administrators and visitors to Nyack — including NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi and AFT President Randi Weingarten — joined the Movement in Blue. TA President Donna Ramundo said many people drove long distances “through rain, sleet and snow” to get there, including those from schools that were closed in nearby Orange County. They added their voices to the chorus. It went like this: